Describe the political organization of the Akamba during the pre-colonial period. (12 marks)
i) The basic political unit was the clan.
ii) Several related families were grouped into a wider territorial unit/grouping with a council of elders.
iii) They had a larger territorial grouping above the clan known
as Kivalo consisting of a fighting unit during war.
iv) The Akamba were a traditionally decentralized community with no
single central authority that united all the Akamba.
v) The Akamba Society was divided into various age-grades and age-sets.
vi) Junior elders defended their community.
vii) Medium elders/Nthele assisted in the administration of the Community.
viii) The full elders /Atumia ma Kivalo participated in delivering judgements.
ix) The senior most /full elders/Atumia ma Ithembo were involved in
religious activities as they were regarded to be ritually clean.
x) By the end of the 19th century some successful traders emerged as leaders /chiefs
steve williams answered the question on November 10, 2017 at 08:36
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